Operations Management Intern

Job Description

Operations Management Intern | KI

The Tone:
This is an internship at KI, located in Manitowoc, WI. KI has been a distinguished furniture company since 1941, providing smart, personalized furnishing solutions for business, university, education, healthcare, and government markets. This role offers a hands-on opportunity to kickstart an operations career by working on real projects and solving actual problems within a manufacturing environment. The Operations Management Intern directly supports the Operations and Lean teams, focusing on critical areas such as process improvement, safety, and daily plant operations to ensure efficiency and safety.

The TL;DR
• Role: Internship
• Location: Manitowoc, WI (In-person)

• Team: Operations and Lean teams
• Mission: To contribute to ongoing improvement initiatives and support daily plant operations, ensuring efficiency and safety.
• Tech Stack: Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams), PowerPoint

What You’ll Actually Do
• Time Study & Standards: Conduct time studies on existing manufacturing processes and recommend updated time standards to enhance efficiency.
• Process Improvement Implementation: Implement improvement ideas that have been generated through the established process improvement system.
• Engineering Support: Assist manufacturing engineers with various process improvements, including updates to facility layouts.
• Safety & Quality Assurance: Support safety audits, observations, and incident investigations, along with quality issue investigations and subsequent follow-up actions.
• Stakeholder Communication: Communicate project updates effectively to internal stakeholders and external partners to ensure alignment and progress.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Current Junior or Senior pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, or Business.
• Experience: Not specified.
• Skills: Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams); ability to read blueprints and strong mechanical aptitude; strong written and verbal communication skills; excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Bonus: Prior manufacturing experience; proficiency in PowerPoint; willingness to engage in hands-on work when necessary; a creative, energetic, and enthusiastic approach to improving operational processes.